Fitfail

Somebody should tell the news this is just satire from The Onion.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/internet-cr...d=52379523

Quote:Spring cleaning may be several months away, but laundry detergent is making big headlines this week as a dangerous stunt called the “Tide Pod Challenge” is going viral on YouTube and other social media platforms.

The challenge is for participants –- primarily teens and young adults, in the videos making the rounds –- to put the pods into their mouths, sometimes even chew them, and then post videos of what happens. Some of these individuals experience foaming at the mouth and severe coughing spells after consuming a pod.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nati...023583001/

Quote:As part of a dangerous new online challenge, teens are putting laundry pods in their mouth.

It all started as jokes. The lure of Tide Pods, which look almost like candy, broke into satirical conversations as early as 2015 when The Onion published column from the perspective of a child who wanted to eat a blue and red detergent pod. This followed numerous reports pods were getting into the hands of curious toddlers, which can cause serious harm.

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/17/health/tid...index.html

Quote:It used to be that washing your kid's mouth out with soap was seen as a punishment. Now, authorities are trying to keep teens from doing just that.

Teens have been increasingly biting into laundry pods, with some posting the videos online as part of a "challenge," according to a statement Tuesday by the American Association of Poison Control Centers. The results can be potentially harmful or even deadly.

In the first 15 days of the new year, poison control centers received 39 such calls -- the same number they received in all of 2016, the association said.

In videos posted on YouTube and social media, people gag, cough and sometimes begin foaming at the mouth after biting into laundry pods.

Quote:Poison control centers have handled over 50,000 calls about laundry packets over the past five years, the vast majority being accidents involving kids younger than 5 years old. But 13- to 19-year-olds have been responsible for more than 130 intentional exposures since 2016, according to the association.

I didn't see any links to articles about this on Vox so that could explain why one of our self-appointed experts on current events knew anything about it. I would imagine that they don't use Tide Pods in the FEMA gay camps so that would explain why the other one didn't know either.

(01-17-2018 05:10 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  Somebody should tell the news this is just satire from The Onion.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/internet-cr...d=52379523

Quote:Spring cleaning may be several months away, but laundry detergent is making big headlines this week as a dangerous stunt called the “Tide Pod Challenge” is going viral on YouTube and other social media platforms.

The challenge is for participants –- primarily teens and young adults, in the videos making the rounds –- to put the pods into their mouths, sometimes even chew them, and then post videos of what happens. Some of these individuals experience foaming at the mouth and severe coughing spells after consuming a pod.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nati...023583001/

Quote:As part of a dangerous new online challenge, teens are putting laundry pods in their mouth.

It all started as jokes. The lure of Tide Pods, which look almost like candy, broke into satirical conversations as early as 2015 when The Onion published column from the perspective of a child who wanted to eat a blue and red detergent pod. This followed numerous reports pods were getting into the hands of curious toddlers, which can cause serious harm.

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/17/health/tid...index.html

Quote:It used to be that washing your kid's mouth out with soap was seen as a punishment. Now, authorities are trying to keep teens from doing just that.

Teens have been increasingly biting into laundry pods, with some posting the videos online as part of a "challenge," according to a statement Tuesday by the American Association of Poison Control Centers. The results can be potentially harmful or even deadly.

In the first 15 days of the new year, poison control centers received 39 such calls -- the same number they received in all of 2016, the association said.

In videos posted on YouTube and social media, people gag, cough and sometimes begin foaming at the mouth after biting into laundry pods.

Quote:Poison control centers have handled over 50,000 calls about laundry packets over the past five years, the vast majority being accidents involving kids younger than 5 years old. But 13- to 19-year-olds have been responsible for more than 130 intentional exposures since 2016, according to the association.

I didn't see any links to articles about this on Vox so that could explain why one of our self-appointed experts on current events knew anything about it. I would imagine that they don't use Tide Pods in the FEMA gay camps so that would explain why the other one didn't know either.

(01-17-2018 04:35 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(01-17-2018 02:31 PM)Lush Wrote:  nothing escapes politics apparently

Just ignore them Lush, you should post more here if you can.

i enjoyed a lot of fit's responses. the onion one wasn't as priceless as his alex jones commentary. tide is republican? what, because minorities can't afford the good sh!t? how the hell does kids eating tide turn political? even if it was fake news, where's the f*cking spin? man, i kinda feel bad for the guy after that thorough evisceration